Chapter 110: The Seven Treasures Cold Forest Kasaya

Hu Jinhua scrambled in a panic, squeezing into the temple's dog hole. It had been a long time since Hu Jinhua had squeezed through a dog hole, or perhaps he had grown fat from eating recently, as his backside was too large and he got a bit stuck.

At this moment, Xu Jia also arrived, throwing out a Lushan Beheading Evil fu and chanting a spell: "Behead!"

That talisman was no ordinary talisman; it had been drawn using the Dharma Power of his Golden Body from a past life. Immediately, a strand of "Evil-Slaying Precious Sword Sword Qi" emerged in mid-air, landing on the Yaksha and splitting it in two.

That Yaksha was merely painted clay on the outside, with a corpse sealed inside. After being cut into two sections, quite a few things leaked out, such as blackened silk talismans and some so-called Sarira...

This was similar to the consecration of a divine statue. He then grabbed the fox tail and pulled it out: "Why are you so useless? You were so scared you even crawled into a dog hole?"

Hu Jinhua said awkwardly: "I forgot I still had Fox Fire. I haven't fought much before; I always use Illusion Technique first, and when the Illusion Technique didn't work, I panicked!"

"Where is Huang Pipo?"

"There are still three Yakshas chasing her, and one of them is even a Flying Yaksha!"

Xu Jia said: "Then don't worry about her. She was able to escape last time without preparation; now that she is prepared, she will be even more fine."

Hu Jinhua had been a bit worried just a moment ago, but then a yellow wind arrived. Although Huang Pipo looked a bit disheveled, she was unharmed: "True Person! I have arrived!"

Xu Jia said: "The blind old man and the Living Buddha were just here, why can't I find them? Did you two see them when you entered the temple?"

Hu Jinhua said: "We didn't see them either. Didn't they enter the temple together with Master Xu?"

Xu Jia immediately began to calculate, but there was too much interference in the temple, and Xu Jia's heart was not yet calm, so he said directly: "Find a secluded place, knock over a candle stand, light a fire, and shout 'Fire!' Tell those commoners to leave here quickly! Your Illusion Technique can amplify the fire and make it look scarier!"

Huang Pipo said: "True Person! I also know Illusion Technique!"

Xu Jia hummed: "Go quickly!" He then casually tore off a piece of yellow cloth and drew a talisman on it. Because he lacked Dharma Power and borrowing Hu Jinhua's Dharma Power wouldn't work, Xu Jia used his own essence, energy, and spirit to draw the talisman.

What he drew was still the "Evil-Slaying Talisman." This talisman did not summon a god, but a divine weapon—to be precise, the precious sword of the Lushan Dharma Master Xu Xun. This sword was not called Dragon-Slaying at first; it was also modeled after the Supreme Three-Five Evil-Slaying Male and Female Swords, and it was also a pair of precious swords.

Later, the male sword slew a dragon and was called the Dragon-Slaying Sword, while the female sword continued to be called the "Evil-Slaying Sword."

Xu Jia gave each of them one talisman: "I just killed an old nun, and I didn't expect her to have sealed an extremely powerful evil ghost. I have already kowtowed to the token, and the City God will dispatch two thousand Military Officials, but I fear it will be too late by the time they arrive. Now the sky is overcast with clouds, clearly a Ghost King is about to be born. Although these Ghost Kings are no match for Earth Immortals or True Persons, they are comparable to a local Earth Deity or Mountain God. Moreover, they are more unscrupulous and are raised by an Evil Sect; they are extremely sinister and terrifying. Do not try to fight them head-on!"

Xu Jia then gave the Wind Fan to Hu Jinhua: "If it really comes to it, you can burn down the Dizang An later. I have already activated the Summoning Fire Sea Hell Talisman! It will surely yield twice the result with half the effort!"

Hu Jinhua took the Wind Fan, and Xu Jia led the mangy nun toward the Merit Box in front of the Dizang Wang Pusa statue.

Moving the Merit Box aside, he indeed discovered a small door with a lock on it. Xu Jia cast the Lock-Breaking Curse, the copper lock immediately fell off, and pushing the door open, Xu Jia shouted: "Old nun, you go down first!"

Yet he dared not go down himself, leaving this mangy old nun outside.

This mangy nun was not angry when she heard this, only saying: "The Cold Forest Kasaya you stripped from that evil monk is also a treasure for subduing demons! It is just that you do not possess enough Buddhist affinity to unleash the power of this Kasaya!"

Xu Jia had indeed been carrying that Kasaya with him, having seen that it was a treasure.

The mangy nun crawled into the hole, and a moment later, her scream came from within.

Xu Jia immediately summoned the two little ghosts, Duowen and Guangmu, to go inside and investigate.

The two little ghosts said they were afraid of the dark, so Xu Jia directly performed hand seals and chanted spells, much like Tang Seng chanting the Tight-Fillet Spell, causing the two little ghosts to have a headache: "Still not going!"

The two little ghosts immediately entered the Underground Palace to scout. In just a moment, they transmitted the scene to Xu Jia. It turned out they possessed a Divine Ability: they could use their own eyes as their master's eyes and their own ears as their master's ears.

They were both base-natured; when Xu Jia was good to them, they were too lazy to work and had never used such a talent. Now that Xu Jia had cursed them, they had instead recognized him as their master. Inside the Underground Palace, there were dozens of naked nuns or young women; some had already been disemboweled, others were hung by hooks through their chins, and something was inserted into their lower bodies, with blood dripping down continuously.

Some of the young women had swollen bellies, clearly pregnant, but their bodies were bloated and fat, like pigs.

A Dharma Altar stood in the center of these suffering nuns and young women.

On it were enshrined two complete human skeletons without flesh, white all over, with one face and two arms. The right hand held high a Human Skull Club, and the left hand supported a Skull Vessel filled with fresh blood. They stood on conch shells and seashells atop a Lotus Sun-Moon Wheel Cushion, posed in a dance.

And that mangy nun had screamed just because she had seen this scene.

Xu Jia recognized at a glance that this behavior of hanging human corpses was a "ritual," a so-called "Meat Forest," also a "Corpse Forest," or perhaps "Shitolin."

The divine statue enshrined above must be the Ghost King that had been suppressed back then.

Just then, the divine statue ignited without fire, and a demonic sound rang out: "Om!"

Xu Jia immediately cut off the vision. At this time, the blind old man and the Living Buddha, who had been missing for a long time, appeared, carrying the hare-lipped nun who had fainted.

But the Kalavinka holding the pipa now had its feet clamped around this nun, arms wrapped around her, using the pipa as a shackle, performing exactly a "Joyous" appearance—one like a Wisdom King, the other like a Wisdom Consort.

Xu Jia flew out an "Evil-Slaying Talisman," and the Kalavinka plucked the pipa in return, emitting a demonic sound.

The blind old man said: "Noble person! Please save my daughter! Xiaoqin is not a bad person, she just mistakenly entered an evil path!"

Xu Jia sighed: "This is not a question of whether I save her or not; it depends on her! And it depends on you!"

The pipa blocked the Evil-Slaying Talisman and emitted even more "Wonderful Sound."

Xu Jia sensed a crisis; this thing was waking up the Shilin Huzhu!

Cold air was already permeating the Underground Palace. Before the mangy nun could bring up the hidden Sarira, Xu Jia said: "Old man, if you want to wake your daughter, you must pull your strings and use the songs she was familiar with as a child to wake her!"

The blind old man immediately pulled the strings of his instrument in a panic. Although the tune was cheerful, no matter how he played it, the sound was clearly sorrowful, but fortunately, it interfered with the Kalavinka's demonic sound.

The Kalavinka was about to harm the old couple, but the hare-lipped nun groaned, seemingly resisting.

The "wife-doting" Kalavinka had no choice but to stop.

Xu Jia wanted to give the Cold Forest Kasaya to the blind old man to wear, to prevent him from being attacked, but the blind old man said: "My foolish wife is the Living Buddha; you should put it on her!"

Xu Jia had no choice but to drape the Kasaya over the Living Buddha.

The Living Buddha remained foolish even after wearing the Kasaya.

Seeing that this monster seemed not to want to harm the couple, Xu Jia crawled into the Underground Palace.

The Underground Palace was dark and damp, with a fishy smell and an indescribable stench.

Xu Jia tried to contact the two little ghosts, and they quickly gave feedback.

"Dharma Lord! Let's run away! This place is about to become a ghost realm!"

(End of chapter)